50 Things To Do With Kids Around Detroit Before They Grow Up
I saw this great list of “100 things to do in New York with your kids before they grow up” at Mommy Poppins. It inspired me to come up with a list of 50 things you should do with your kids if you live in the Detroit area before they grow up. Michigan is full [...]
Father’s Day Gift: Every Friday Book
by Isabel
This is a sweet book about a father-and-son weekly routine that inspired a similar ritual by my husband and son. And, for that reason alone, Every Friday will always have a special place in my young family’s history.
Five Great Chapter Books To Read With Your Kids
Did you know May 12-18 is Children’s Book Week according to the Children’s Book Council? I didn’t either until I decided to write about the chapter books my kids and I have enjoyed reading together. What a lucky coincidence. When Max was three he loved a book called The Truck Book. The Truck Book was [...]
March is National Reading Month: Five Great Children’s Books
March isn’t just the month I where the snow starts to melt (yay), oozing into my basement in long streams of water (boo). Only to start snowing again and then melting again, March is the month of spring foolery. No, March is also the month of National Reading! Last year’s National Reading Month coincided with [...]
Get your juices flowing. (Back-to-School: best getting-ready-for-school books)
Do you remember an orange juice commercial from the late 80′s where a family was getting ready to rush out on their day? Kids for school, parents for work all gathered around the table frantically eating breakfast? I have a vivid memory from the summer before eight grade, that Citrus Hill Select commercial seemed to [...]
Not just pencils, ‘Desk Enhancements’. (Back-to-School: best school supplies)
It seems even the kids in my little group of friends are ready to go back to school. My children are punching each other in the face, not because they’re fighting, but because they’re so bored. My girlfriend’s three daughters spent the other day laying on the floor with their new backpacks on asking if [...]
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